Behavioral Health Dallas offers individual, group and department level interventions specifically for healthcare providers and medical systems. Our consulting approach is evidence-based and rooted in psychological knowledge and clinical expertise. We exclusively collaborate with healthcare professionals to accelerate performance, improve well-being, shift problematic patterns, and increase personal and professional satisfaction.
How We Are Different
All BHD Consultants and Coaches are doctoral level providers who have completed the highest level of training in their perspective specialty (e.g., Clinical Psychology, Counseling Psychology, and I/O Psychology). As former faculty members at academic medical centers and outpatient clinics, we know what it’s like to be in the trenches working alongside physicians as providers in inpatient, outpatient and specialty settings. Due to our background and training, we are experts in assessment, intervention and providing meaningful feedback. Additionally, we are trained to quickly identify strengths and areas of improvement in order to make specific recommendations and catalyze lasting change.
Specialty services include:
Program Development (e.g., behavioral health clinic or program development, screening protocol implementation, provider well-being/burnout initiative development)
Group or Departmental Change (e.g., conflict resolution, improving patient-provider relationships, improving patient satisfaction, cultural change)
Individual Intervention (e.g., assessment, coaching, communication skills development, professionalism, video/live observation and feedback opportunities)
Teaching/Training (e.g., speaking engagements, workshops, one-on-one training, group/department learning interventions, nursing and staff training)
Frequently requested trainings include:
Physician Well-being/Self-Care
Preventing Burnout at the System, Department, and Individual Level
Improving Provider-Patient Relationships
Working with Difficult Patients
Breaking Bad News
Screening for Mood, Anxiety and/or Suicidal Ideation
Motivational Interviewing for Physicians
Women’s Health Issues Across the Lifespan
About our Coaches
Katie Sardone, PhD
Licensed Psychologist
Dr. Sardone’s consulting approach is rooted in evidence-based intervention, doctoral level knowledge of human behavior, and a supportive and practical approach to coaching grounded in clinical expertise. Dr. Sardone has previously worked in three medical residency programs training residents, developing curriculum, creating and managing programs, and conducting research.
Following Dr. Sardone’s various hospital positions and faculty appointments, she began offering consulting services in the private sector for physicians, healthcare workers and various local hospital systems. During this time Dr. Sardone has collaborated with hospital systems in implementing physician well-being workshops, burnout prevention trainings, and various coaching and program development initiatives around patient satisfaction and physician behavior change.
Dr. Sardone received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, an APA-accredited program, where she received advanced training in health psychology intervention, psychological assessment, psychotherapy and medical resident education. Dr. Sardone completed her APA-accredited internship at Baylor University Medical Center’s Women’s Health Department where she specialized in providing individualized care for women in antepartum, postpartum, and outpatient clinics, as well as mothers of infants in the NICU. Following her formal training, Dr. Sardone completed an APA-accredited Postdoctoral fellowship at Children’s Medical Center Dallas where she specialized in providing intervention with infants, children, parents and families managing medical, developmental and emotional disorders. Following fellowship, Dr. Sardone held a faculty appointment at UT Southwestern in the Family Medicine and Psychiatry departments focused on training medical residents and program and curriculum development.
Josh Kirby, PhD, MBA
Licensed Psychologist
Dr. Josh Kirby is a Clinical and Consulting psychologist licensed in Texas. He specializes in helping high-performing individuals identify and motivate toward personal and professional goals by cultivating greater resiliency, strengthening commitment to beliefs and values, and more effectively managing stressors in their careers, extracurricular pursuits, and interpersonal relationships.
Throughout Dr. Kirby’s career, he has worked in a variety of settings, promoting an agile skillset in supporting clients from diverse backgrounds. He has expertise in executive coaching, leadership development, organizational development, learning and training intervention, business management, and academic curriculum development. Previous clients include physicians and health care workers, high potential employees, military personnel returning to the workforce, international students, and NCAA Division I athletes at Pepperdine University, UT-Arlington, Baylor, Dallas Baptist, and SMU.
Dr. Kirby graduated with a Master’s degree in Psychology from Pepperdine University and completed his doctorate degree from the APA-Accredited Clinical Psychology program at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. His dissertation research was conducted through Baylor University Medical Center. Dr. Kirby completed his APA-Accredited clinical internship at the University of Texas at Arlington and Moncrief Cancer Institute in Fort Worth. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management from Harding University and an MBA from the University of Mississippi. Prior to beginning his psychological consulting career, Dr. Kirby worked for over six years in sales and consulting positions in the Insurance/Financial Services and Healthcare industries while serving on the Board of Directors for a non-profit counseling center focused on providing affordable mental health services to at-risk populations.
